Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-03-19
Books mentioned on Peanuts (the comic) Part I
Today we pay tribute to one of the most iconic pieces of American culture. Listen in to hear us gush about Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bloom County
Discussed“Well, now that I think about it, the first one that really— not the first one that made me laugh, but the one that hit me on a second level was Bloom County.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Complete Maus
“Essentially, Art Spiegelman, the guy who created Mouse, said that Peanuts was Schultz breaking himself up into child-sized pieces and letting them go at each other for half a century.”
Passing The Night Before Christmas
“Yeah, he loathes them. I collected those books too, actually.”
Passing The Night Before Christmas
“Yeah, I was huge into Garfield and Bloom County.”